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TO ALL- WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. DRIVER, of Havana, in the county of Mason, and State of Illinois, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification'.

The washing machine embraced in the present invention. is formed ot" a box or receptacle for the water or other cleansing liquid used, through which a. cylinder or drum carrying the garment or material to be washed is arranged to pass, by beinglwrevolved, and such garment, after issuing from the said water, then subjected to a rubbing operation by and through a roller or rollers arranged to act thereon, and arubbing-board or boards properly located therefor, all ot` which are susceptible of exerting a yielding or elastic pressure. In the accom panying plate otdrawings a washing machine made according to the present invention is illustrated, the figure Y being a transverse vertical section through the same. l y

A, in the drawings, represents the water-box or receptacle, made of any suitable dimensions or width, length,

amd height; B, a drum, hung by a journal, C, at each end, to turn in bearings ofthe box A, upon each side board thereof, and in being turned to pass around through the water in thebox A.. E is a crank or winchhandle, secured to one journal of cylinder' or drum B, for convenience in turning it. This drum B is marie hollow, and at two points, F, diametrically opposite to eachother otherwise, is cut out along its length for receiving a slot, G, in each case, that, through spiral springs H, properly applied, enables the garments to be washed to be hung and fastened to the outside ot' the drum, for being carried through the4 water in the tank H. I, two `tluted rollers, hung in tbe side boards to the box A, in position to bear against the periphery of the drum B, as it revolves. The journals to those rollers I arc-arranged in slots K ofthe side boards, vsons to have a lateral play thereon, and are acted upon by spiral springs, L, propmerly applied for exerting or yielding pressure:

pM, a rubbing-board, arranged by its back piece, N, to play in the arms O, attached to theV side boards of the box A, wherein it is acted upon by spiral springs P. This rubbing-board presses and`rubs against the drum B, as it revolves. ,Y

Froin the above description of t-hc construction of my improved washing machine it is obvious, if the clothes to be washed are secured to the cylinder, and then i't revolved or turned, lsuch clothesbrill be carried through the water in .the box, and from thence between the flutcd roller uponv one side of the same and the rubbingboard, and down again into the water, passing between the other tinted roller und the cylinder, whereby they are enabled to be washed and cleansed as desired. By reversing the direction in which the drum is turned, the

clothes will be subjected to the rollers and rubbing-board upon a diierent sidc, :is/is obvious.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The drum B, rollers I I, and rubbing-board N, when arranged in connection and combination with cach other, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 30th day of'July, 1867.

ENRY W. DRIVER.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. SHARRocK, L. H. WARNER. 

